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- Withdrawing a manuscript because of typos and structural issues?
- Completing a US PhD within 4 years?
- Putting lighthearted accomplishments on one’s “author CV” for book proposals?
- The status of the journal “Dialectica”?
- Changing 3rd personal self-citations to 1st person when editing proofs for publication?
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Category: April Fool’s
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An area philosopher is reported to have accomplished something long thought impossible: a definitive refutation of Ludgwig Wittgenstein's famous Private Language Argument. In an exclusive recent interview, the philosopher, who for the time being prefers not to be named, announced, "I've done it. I have definitively refuted the Private Language Argument." When asked to provide…